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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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